title: Comparison of assays for prostatic and total acid phosphatase.
abstract: Total and tartrate inhibited acid phosphatase was determined on the Technicon Chem 1 and evaluated against a Cobas-Bio centrifugal analysis procedure and an immunochemical method. Precision and reference range studies were performed for the Chem 1 acid phosphatase procedure and correlation was established with the other methods. The Chem 1 method for measuring total and prostatic acid phosphatase is a sensitive method with good correlation to the centrifugal analysis and the immunochemical method. The assay is fully automated and requires no manual off-line sample preparation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saw
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fleisher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001322:Autoanalysis; D002498:Centrifugation; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000201:enzymology*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D000135:Acid Phosphatase